Donald Trump says ICE endorsed him

Trump boasted at the second presidential debate that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement endorsed him, adding "they've never endorsed a presidential candidate." Mostly False.

Donald Trump boasted during the second presidential debate about support he’s received from agents who patrol U.S. borders and enforce immigration laws.

"ICE just endorsed me," the Republican nominee said Monday at the debate in St. Louis, Mo. "They've never endorsed a presidential candidate."

Did a federal agency endorse Trump?

No.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is responsible for enforcing federal immigration laws and has more than 20,000 employees, according to its website.

But Trump does have the support of the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council, a union that represents 5,000 federal immigration officers and law enforcement support staff.

Trump posted a statement about the union’s endorsement on his campaign website Sept. 26.

The first-ever endorsement was voted on by the membership, with Hillary Clinton receiving only 5 percent of the vote, said Chris Crane, president of the National ICE Council, in the statement posted on Trump’s website.

"America has been lied to about every aspect of immigration in the United States," Crane said in the statement. "We can fix our broken immigration system, and we can do it in a way that honors America’s legacy as a land of immigrants, but Donald Trump is the only candidate who is willing to put politics aside so that we can achieve that goal. We hereby endorse Donald J. Trump, and urge all Americans, especially the millions of lawful immigrants living within our country, to support Donald J. Trump, and to protect American jobs, wages and lives."

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